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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. DAVID MALPASS" <missrenetawilliams97@gmail.com>
Reply-To: davidmalpass31@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 01:40:01 -0700
Subject: LAST NOTICE!!! FROM MR. DAVID MALPASS UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

DEPARTMENT OF INT'L AFFAIRS
(Office of the Under Secretary)
1520 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington D.C. 20120.

Greetings and Compliment

I hope this was the second notice and it will be the last notice.

I am Mr. David Malpass, Under Secretary for International Affairs of
the United States Treasury Department and was sworn in as the 75th
Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury in a
ceremony attended by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala
Harris.

Following series of complaints from Citizens of the United States as
well as Citizens of Other Countries In Europe over the Discrepancies
and fraudulent ways in which fund transfers are handled by Africans
which has made it impossible for a lot of People to claim their
Winning or Inheritance funds from most African Countries due to frauds
and illegal activities, A decision was reached recently by the United
States Treasury Department under the authority of the White House to
compel African Financial bodies (Banks) to urgently release all funds
of American and European citizens that are trapped in most Banks and
Courier Companies in Africa. It was discovered that some bureaucratic
bottlenecks were put by these Banks and Couriers to make it impossible
for beneficiaries to claim their funds so that they will fraudulently
divert those funds to their private accounts.

Consequent upon the aforementioned, I was personally mandated to
handle this matter to ensure that all funds of our Citizens and others
which are fraudulently being trapped in African Banks are urgently
retrieved and paid to the actual Beneficiaries under a legal manner.
Our team of experts were delegated to Kenya, Benin Republic, Nigeria,
Ivory Coast and Ghana for this task and we discovered your File NO:
BR114/80MH80L/00 as unclaimed funds. It was discovered that officials
of the Bank have only put up illegal requirements in order to make it
difficult for you to claim your fund.

We have (5) Five options over this payment and I would advise you to
select one of them how you want this payment to be received by you.

1) Telegraphic Wire Transfer To Your Account.
2) Diplomatic Immunity Seal.
3) Payment Via ATM Visa Card.
4) Money Transfer
5) Western Union

Select any of these options and get back to us so that we further your
payment without any atom of delay. For your information. The United
States Department of Treasury has retrieved all Files of illegal
transactions and we have worked under a legitimate arrangement to
ensure that you follow the normal process to receive your funds
$36.500,000.00 USD.

The only money that you will pay to receive your funds is $150.00 for
Ownership- clearance certificate. The clearance charges which were
initially on the high price $550 have been cut down by the US Embassy
in Kenya considering the poor economic situations that make it
difficult for the middle class citizens to meet up with the clearance
of their entitlement.

Note that you are expected to pay only $150 for Ownership-clearance
certificate and you are to pay it to Kenya as the origination of the
funds in favor of NANCY MAKUNGU LUNGAZO as our accountant officer in
Kenya Send the $150 through RIM MONEY TRANSFER, Money gram or Google
Card $150 once you receive this mail with the information below for
immediate release of your fund,

Receivers Name:==== AMARACHI BLESSING MMADUBUEZE
Country: Nigeria
Location: Anambra State
Address: 14 New Market Rd, City Centre 434212, Onitsha, Nigeria
Amount: $150 USD
Mtcn=====
sender names====
sender phone number===

I have taken this assignment upon myself because I understand that you
have really paid so much on the cost which I want to stop now, because
nothing was received by you. You are requested to Re-confirm the
following information

1. SURNAME...….
2. OTHER NAMES...….
3. MOBILE PHONE NUMBER...…..
4. ADDRESS...….
5. AMOUNT TO BE CLAIMED: $36.500,000.00 USD

Be informed that the above information will only enable us to make due
confirmation. We shall ensure that normal process is followed to
ensure that your fund gets to you without delay.

Best Regards
Mr. David Malpass
E-MAIL: { davidmalpass31@gmail.com }
PHONE: +1-(562) 380-4763
(Under Secretary).
LAST NOTICE!!! FROM MR. DAVID MALPASS UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

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